2 Months Old

Our Violet Mae turned 2 months old!  Time with her just keeps getting better and better.  She is such a sweet baby and we love having her in our home.  It's funny because at times it feels like she just barely was born and it's hard to believe she is 2 months old.  But at the same time, I feel like she's been in our family so much longer than just 8 weeks.  Violet still is sleeping a lot during the day.  She is just starting to coo and makes adorable sounds with her voice.  Naomi and Rex's faces light up whenever they hear Violet coo.  They get excited and run over to her and started jabbering away in hopes of her cooing again.  Violet is also starting to smile.  It doesn't happen too often, but she is smiling more each day.  It is usually right after she eats.  We start talking to her and she slowly starts to grin.  It melts my heart.  Within the last couple of days, that little grin has turned into a huge smile.  It is the highlight of my day to see that sweet girl smile at me.

There was one week where Violet had some rough nights.  It usually happened right after I got the kids to bed.  She would start fussing and just wanted to be held.  It was like she knew the kids were in bed and it was her time for some attention.  It was kind of frustrating because I couldn't get much done, but thankfully I could strap her into the Ergo and we would do the dishes together.  Since then, she has been really good though.

Violet loves to be held, but she is not a huge snuggler when it comes to sleeping.  She will snuggle with me sometimes, but other times she likes her space.  I think we both sleep better too when she's in her pack-n-play instead of in bed with me. We have taken a few naps together on the couch though, and I just love when she snuggles up next to me.

This cute girl of ours has blow outs like no other!  She has had way more blow outs than Naomi or Rex.  And it's not like the poop just shoots out of the sides or top of the diaper.  These are complete, full-on blowouts.  She fills her entire diaper with poop and then it explodes all over her back and legs.  It's really quite impressive.  There have been 2 onesies so far that I haven't even tried to save.  I just threw them in the garbage.

We had her 2 month wellness visit and that went well.  She weighs 11 pounds 4 ounces, which is the 46 percentile.  She is 22 3/4 inches long, which is the 60 percentile.  And her head circumference is 15, which is the 42 percentile.  She had to get 3 shots and she was so brave.  She cried pretty hard for about 20 seconds and then she just quivered her lip and stopped crying.  I hate shots, and it about broke my heart.  But I know it protects them and keeps them healthy.  She has been good since then and never got a fever.  She is one tough girl!

Violet is our little sweetheart and we all love and adore her!  There are some days where she is the only one that can get a smile out of me.  I thank my Heavenly Father every day for sending us such a perfect little angel.